Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

This is a poem that came to me one year as I was praying in front of the nativity. It was a huge grace as I felt the presence of my son through Christ. I share it every year as a reminder that our children are living in the Lord .

A Christmas Grace

I held my unborn son today,

A grace I truly felt.

He came to me in prayer

While before Our Lord I knelt.

I felt his little cheek brush mine

as I pressed him to my chest.

His little arms clung to my neck,

His head, on my shoulder rest.

Our Lady gave this gift to me,

A moment of pure grace

As we await the birth of Christ,

The savior of our race

For although I’ve never been allowed to love my son on earth

She has showed me that a mother’s love transcends a human birth.

For there within the heart of Christ born in this time of joy

I clearly see the image of another baby boy

Reflected in the love of Christ

Who came to bring salvation

To every soul, in every land, in every single nation.

Emmanuel, God with us,

Uniting time and space

For in His gaze I truly know

I saw my child’s face.

– T Bonopartis